Agenda and minutes
Venue: Virtual
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Minutes of the last Meeting PDF 391 KB Minutes: The Chairman notified the Committee that Cllr Sowerby’s CIL item in relation to teaching walls for Sacred Heart Primary School would be deferred to allow Officers to gain further clarification on whether it qualified as a CIL item to ensure consistency with other area committees.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous meeting held on 6 October 2020 be agreed as a correct record subject to the following amendments.
It was noted that both first and last names for each councillor should be used within the minutes on CIL funding and the Member’s item on page 6 should read as Councillor Thomas Smith.
In relation to Item 13 of the minutes, the Chairman highlighted to the Committee that the funding required for the investigation and design of the provision of waiting restrictions within the N10 CPZ was £5,000, and pointed out this was stated in the body of the report in section 5.2.2 but not within the recommendations. Members of the Committee confirmed that the amount of funding had been noted.
A correction was noted under Item 14 on page 6 of the minutes. The sentence should read, ‘Councillor Williams felt that more people would have returned the consultation during a lockdown and therefore suggested the CPZ was not favourable amongst residents.’
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Absence of Members (if any) Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Wendy Prentice who was substituted by Councillor David Longstaff.
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Declarations of Members Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Non-pecuniary Interests Minutes: Councillor Coakley Webb declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to CIL item, ‘Parkside Gardens Zebra Crossing Feasibility Study near entrance to Oak Hill Park and the Pymmes Brook Trail’ by virtue of being a trustee on the Lancelot Hasluck Trust.
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Report of the Monitoring Officer (if any) Minutes: None. |
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Public Questions and Comments (if any) Minutes: None. |
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Matters referred from the Chipping Barnet Residents Forum PDF 417 KB Minutes: The Chairman introduced the report which sets out the issue referred from the Chipping Barnet Residents Forum to the Area Committee.
Traffic & Speeding along Gallants Farm. Ward Councillor, Roberto Weeden-Sanz, spoke on the matter and reiterated residents’ concerns about speeding in the area.
Officers confirmed that a feasibility study would look at all options in relation to a specific location and then identify the best option which would add most value together with the intelligence of ward councillors.
RESOLVED that the Committee unanimously approved that a feasibility study be carried out at a cost of £5,000.
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Petitions (if any) Minutes: None. |
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Area Committee Grants Funding PDF 322 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Director of Street Scene presented the report on behalf of finance which confirmed how funding was set out for the Area Committee. The report provided a balance spend to be utilised by the committee, taking into account the schemes that have already been approved.
The table shown at the meeting set out historical information including overspends and underspends. A Member raised the point of outstanding issues. Officers and stakeholders involved in the schemes were reported in the progress update under the next item.
A Member queried the amount of money agreed for a scheme that did not subsequently go ahead. Officers confirmed that any unused money for CIL items would be recredited back into the Area Committee’s CIL budget and brought forward to the following financial year.
The Committee noted the reported.
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Progress update on Area Committee actions from previous meeting PDF 943 KB Minutes: The Chairman informed the committee that the report outlined the previous actions taken by the committee in more detail and outstanding schemes per ward with status updates.
It was noted that information on the Totteridge scheme on Greenway/Southway-Stop line – Design was not accurate. Officers were asked to clarify the dates for implementation of the scheme.
It was noted that in relation to quotations required for Swan Lane Open Space, itemised equipment had been agreed upon in October 2019. Therefore, it was decided that Officers would take up the issue with Greenspaces and follow up with the Member directly.
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Members' Items (if any) Minutes: None. |
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Members' Items - Area Committee Funding Applications (if any) PDF 650 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received the following applications for CIL funding:
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Forward Work Programme PDF 66 KB Minutes: It was noted that items relating to the metal bollards and Hollickwood Park be removed from the forward work programme.
RESOLVED that the Committee noted the Forward Work Programme.
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Any item(s) the Chairman decides are urgent Minutes: None. |